Records Requests Seek to Preserve Hundreds of Data Sets on Wildlife, Oil Industry, Climate Change, Sea-level Rise WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2017. The Center for Biological Diversity, along with noted conservation biologist Stuart Pimm and the Center for Media and Democracy, launched an effort today to prevent hundreds of environmental data sets[Read More…]
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Operation Inherent Resolve: Counter-ISIS Strikes Continue in Syria, Iraq, March 23, 2017
SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. Strikes in Syria[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It: Huffington Post — Do Not Delay: Implement Marijuana Legalization In California
The work to end prohibition and its disastrous effects on our communities did not end last November. CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—March 23, 2017. On time and intact implementation of California’s Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, is critical to realizing the benefits of legalization and reducing the harms from decades of[Read More…]
Riviana Foods Inc. Voluntarily Recalls Certain Ronzoni® Thin Spaghetti
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2017. Riviana Foods Inc. is voluntarily recalling 610 cases of certain coded Ronzoni® Thin Spaghetti cartons that may contain an egg fettuccine product. The affected Ronzoni Thin Spaghetti cartons do not declare the allergen “egg”, which is an ingredient in the egg fettuccine product. People who[Read More…]
Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing at Northwestern University and Center on Halsted to Host 5th Annual National LGBTQ Health Conference: Bridging Research and Practice
Nation’s Premier LGBTQ Interdisciplinary Translational Research Conference CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—March 23, 2017. The Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing at Northwestern University and The Sexual Orientation and Gender Institute at Center on Halsted are pleased to host the 5th annual National LGBTQ Health Conference: Bridging Research and Practice.[Read More…]
Pilot Program To Provide Paid Internships for Youth in High-Growth Industries In Cook County
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cook County Commissioners approved an agreement championed by President Toni Preckwinkle that will create a pilot program to provide paid internships in high-growth industries and a career pathway for young adults. The agreement creates a formal structure between the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership (The Partnership) and the County’s[Read More…]
Scientists Discover Urinary Biomarker That May Help Track ALS
NIH-funded study suggests opportunity to find insights to neurological disease. Bethesda, MD-(ENEWSPF)- A study in Neurology suggests that analyzing levels of the protein p75ECD in urine samples from people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) may help monitor disease progression as well as determine the effectiveness of therapies. The study was supported[Read More…]
Cook County Board Passes New Tax Incentive Ordinance
Designed to improve the County’s business climate Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Cook County Board approved a new Tax Incentive Ordinance that will work in tandem with the recently passed Workforce Ordinance for any tax incentives processed by the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development (BED). “This ordinance is a result of[Read More…]
STScI: Hubble Witnesses Massive Comet-Like Object Pollute Atmosphere of a White Dwarf
Baltimore, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have witnessed a massive object with the makeup of a comet being ripped apart and scattered in the atmosphere of a white dwarf, the burned-out remains of a compact star. The object has a chemical composition similar to Halley’s Comet, but it is[Read More…]
Mars Volcano Arsia Mons, Earth’s Dinosaurs Went Extinct About the Same Time
By Elizabeth Zubritsky NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland Greenbelt, MD-(ENEWSPF)- New NASA research reveals that the giant Martian shield volcano Arsia Mons produced one new lava flow at its summit every 1 to 3 million years during the final peak of activity. The last volcanic activity there[Read More…]
